Return-address label holder



Mar. 3, 1925. 1528;651

sfP. DARKIN'ST RETURN ADDRESS LABEL HOLDER Filed Oct. 22 1924 Fatented Mar. 3, 1925.

" .UNITED STATES SAMUEL PINKNEY DARKINS, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

RETURN-ADDRESS LABEL HOLDER.

Application filed October 22, 1924. Serial No. 745,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. DARKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Return-Address Label Holders; and I do de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to return address label holders adapted to be used more particularly in connection with boxes for delivering bread from the bakery to consumers or retail merchants, although adapted for other uses contemplating'a return address for the delivery box. It has for its object a simple and eflicient label holder designed to be a permanent part of the delivery box and adapted to be reversed in position at either end of the delivery route so that the address for the next delivery can be readily brought into position, and in-which the label holder will be efiectively. held in place without liability of being changed by unauthorized persons.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists: in the features hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming apart hereof, and in which s I Figure 1 is a perspective of a portion of a box or receptacle with my device aifixed thereto Figure 2 is a longitudinal central section through the same;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale. through a portion of the receptacle and label holder;

Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 4:4 of Figure 2:

Figure 5 is a perspective of the label holdor proper, with the lid raised.

In the drawing the numeral 1 designates one side, say the top, of a box or receptacle made ofany suitable material, dimensions and shape, and which may be a box or receptacle for delivering bread from a bakery to a consumer or retailer, and to be returned to the bakery for another supply, although it may be used for other purposes for which adapted. The label holder or container to be secured to the box comprises a box-like frame consisting of two parts 2 suitably hinged one to the other and having oppositely disposed open faces 3 through which to observe the exposed address card or member to be enclosed Within the openfaced frame, one card containing one address and another card, or the opposite face of the same card, containing another address. The drawing illustrates a number of cards 4 contained within the open-faced or skeleton card holder so that from the numbers the card or cards containing the address desired may be selected from the number and placed next to the open face of the holder for exposure, although a single card with one address on one face and another address on the opposite face may be used as is ob vious. The exposed card or cards will be covered by a translucent or transparent pane 5 of glass, isinglass, celluloid, or other suitable material, so as to protect the card from weather conditions. This open-faced card address holder is confined to the box or receptacle with which it is tobe used by a cap or shell 6 having an open face 7 and suitably hinged at one end, say by a hingeplate 7, to the box or receptacle. and provided at the other end with suitable means for detachably locking the free end of the cap to the box so that it cannot be raised or opened until after the lid of the box or receptacle has been opened by an authorized person. As one means suitable for the purpose, the free end of the cap may be formed with a lip 8 having an inturned member 9 to form a recess to receive the tongue 10 of a rotatable stem 11 having a thumb piece or stud 12 at one end for turning the stem so as to throw its tongue into locking and unlocking relation to the recess-lip of the cap or shell. This stem may be under the influence of a spring 13 fitting in a socket 14 so as to draw the stem towards the recesslip of the cap and thus lock the cap over the card-holder under spring tension, and to prevent the stem from accidentally turning and unlocking the cap, a sleeve 15 encircling the stem is formed with notches 16 with which the stud 12 will have an interlocking engagement so that the stem will be prevented from turning until the stud is dis the sleeve, the hold the stud sufficiently to engaged from the notches of spring mentioned serving to in the notches and to yield permit disengagement.

The open-faced or skeleton card-holding frame is swiveled in any suitable manner to the enclosing cap or shell so as to permit the card-holder to swivel or turn so as to permit its turnover, sidewise, to permit its reversal so as to bring one address in position to be observed and the other address concealed. This swiveling may be by a pin 17 projecting from the end of the card-holder and litting loosely in an eve 18 forming a partof the cross-wire or rod 19 journaled in opposite sides of the enclosing cap or shell 6 so that when the cap or shell is raised the card-holder may be turned over to expose the return address through the opening in the cap and in the card-holder. The cardholder will be allowed suiiicient movement relatively to the cap or shell when the latter is raised to permit the movements mentioned.

I have illustrated and described with some particularity suitable features of construction for the operations described, but it is to be understood that changes may be made therein withoutdeparting from the essentials of the invention as sought to be defined by the appended claims.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits what I claim is 1. A return-address label-holder, comprising an open-faced container for an address label having a shipping address and return address, one address being observable through one face of the container and the other through the opposite face, a swinging cap for enclosing and retaining the labelcontainer in position, and means for pivoting the container beneath the cap to permit reversal of the container to expose one address and conceal the other.

2. A return-address label-holder, comprising an open-faced container for an addresslabel having a shipping address for observance through one face of the container and a return address for observance through the other face, a swinging cap for enclosing and retaining the label-container in position, and means for locking the free end of the cap to a base supporting the cap and container, said means being accessible for operation from the face of the base opposite to the face to which the cap and container are attached.

8. A return-address label-holder, comprising a two-part open-faced container for a label having a shipping address for observance through one face of the container and a return address for observance through the other face, a swinging open-faced cap for enclosing and retaining the label container in position, a pivotal connection for the container permitting its reversal relatively to the cap to bring into observation the desired address, and means for locking the cap over the container.

4. A returnaddress label-holder, comprising an open-faced reversible container for a shipping address and return address label observable through the open faces of the container, a swinging cap with an open face for enclosing and retaining the label container in position, the free end of the cap being formed with a recessed lip, and a rotatable stem formed with a tongue to engage the recess of the cap-lip to lock the cap in its closed position.

5. A return-address label-holder comprising an open faced reversible container for a shipping address and return address observable through the open faces of the container, a swinging cap with an open face for enclosing and retaining the label container in position, the cap having at its free end an extended lip, a base support for the label container and cap, a rotatable stem extending through the base-support and formed at its outer end for locking engagement with the cap-lip and provided at its inner end with means for rotating the stem, and means for securing the stem in its adjusted locking position.

6. A return-address label-holder, comprising an open faced reversible container for a shipping address and return address observable through the open faces of the container, a swinging cap with an open face for enclosing and retaining the label container in position, a base support for the cap and label container, a rotatable stem extending through the base-support and having its outer end formed for locking engagement with a part of the cap, said stem being accessible for operation from only the inner face of the base-support, and a spring for placing the stem under tension.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL PINKNEY DARKINS.

Vvitnesses THOMAS H. BROW'N, Geo. W. BELL. 

